title: Nutrition and skin. Collagen integrity: a dominant role for amino acids.
abstract: The skin is an important organ, and the need for attention to its metabolic requirements is often underestimated by professionals involved with its integrity and beauty. Amino acids are the indispensable nutritional basis for the maintenance of its integrity. The skin has very peculiar amino acid needs, which should be acknowledged and supplied if necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy. fsdioguardi@galactica.it
authors.forename: Francesco Saverio
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Dioguardi
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000502:physiology*; D003094:Collagen / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003094:Collagen